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Harvard University Herbaria: Vascular Plants of North America (Harvard)

The Harvard University Herbaria, with over 5 million specimens, is the world’s largest University Herbaria. Included in the Herbaria are what were once six separate herbarium collections: * Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum (A) * Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames (ECON) * Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium (AMES) * Farlow Herbarium (FH) * Gray Herbarium (GH) * New England Botanical Club Herbarium (NEBC).
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Collection Statistics

  • 1,105,348 specimen records
  • 3,866 (0.35%) georeferenced
  • 1,062,903 (96%) with media (1,062,903 total media)
  • 1,074,272 (97%) identified to species
  • 327 families
  • 4,846 genera
  • 42,351 species
  • 50,882 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 February 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: IPT Import (Vascular Plants North America)
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Anogra (4)
  • Blennoderma (1)
  • Boisduvalia (212)
  • Calylophus (544)
  • Camissonia (1263)
  • Chamaenerion (579)
  • Chamerion (675)
  • Chylismia (4)
  • Circaea (1179)
  • Clarkia (1029)
  • Epilobium (5127)
  • Eucharidium (1)
  • Eulobus (1)
  • Fuchsia (15)
  • Gaura (997)
  • Gayophytum (584)
  • Godetia (12)
  • Hartmannia (2)
  • Hauya (14)
  • Isnardia (1)
  • Jussiaea (4)
  • Lavauxia (4)
  • Lopezia (9)
  • Ludwigia (2287)
  • Ludwigiantha (1)
  • Meriolix (2)
  • Oenothera (4539)
  • Onagra (2)
  • Pachylophus (3)
  • Raimannia (1)
  • Sphaerostigma (3)
  • Stenosiphon (62)
  • Xylonagra (1)
  • Xylopleurum (2)
  • Zauschneria (6)